10/28 - Fruity Friday!

[SarahAshlee90]

Someone who is a requester and posts batches will probably have a better answer to this than me, but I think it's some combination of it taking longer for the HITs to get done, screwing up the order of completion, and probably just the annoyance of knowing your HITs are being "used" but not actually done.

I remember watching a youtube video with jon brelig a while ago. He had a stat of how long it took his average hit to get accepted by a turker. I'm guessing copytext has the same stat and they got annoyed by people messing it up.

 

[K'Lee]

Someone who is a requester and posts batches will probably have a better answer to this than me, but I think it's some combination of it taking longer for the HITs to get done, screwing up the order of completion, and probably just the annoyance of knowing your HITs are being "used" but not actually done.

I myself don't use peoples hits just to clear a captcha, (not judging by the way) I have however gotten a hit and had to return it because it didn't make sense or because it didn't load correctly and sometimes this happens more or less depending on the hit. I suppose they would be able to tell though due to the number you return maybe without ever doing any of their hits??? Just a guess.

 

[Lauren]

oh, sort of like a little shack, but without outside access?

yea, the best method of dog prevention I've come across, was blocking it off with a baby gate, since most cats can jump to it easily, but the dogs can't.
however, you've mentioned that this cat isn't a jumper

kind of. it's enclosed and she can get in and out of the litter box from the house through a cat door, but she can't get into the litter box from outside (otherwise the dogs would be able to get into it). Here's a pic I took earlier today when I banished her and you can see the litter box enclosure on the right.

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and yeah, i've seen Fur Real Friendz look more alive than this cat

 

[electrolyte]

I myself don't use peoples hits just to clear a captcha, (not judging by the way) I have however gotten a hit and had to return it because it didn't make sense or because it didn't load correctly and sometimes this happens more or less depending on the hit. I suppose they would be able to tell though due to the number you return maybe without ever doing any of their hits??? Just a guess.

Requesters can't tell if you return their HIT unless they build something into their HIT to show that. If you're just using MTurk default as it's set up, you can't see who has returned a HIT, only submitted.

 

[Jharkan]

Yes. They normally load up right away.

bleh
so my first csat was returned, and recaught, 3 times.
the practice video loaded, and that was easy...

 

[catnapped]

Requesters can't tell if you return their HIT unless they build something into their HIT to show that. If you're just using MTurk default as it's set up, you can't see who has returned a HIT, only submitted.

I think somebody said Copytext has their stuff external from Mturk. I remember reading it on Reddit. That would explain how they know stuff is being returned.

globalworkforge 8 points 9 days ago

CopyText is publishing using an externalquestion structure, which means the HIT is being hosted on their own server.

Requesters who do this can see everything - when you preview a HIT, when you skip a HIT, when accept, submit, return or abandon a HIT. They can see how long you spent on every page, even where you clicked on a page.

 

[Jharkan]

kind of. it's enclosed and she can get in and out of the litter box from the house through a cat door, but she can't get into the litter box from outside (otherwise the dogs would be able to get into it). Here's a pic I took earlier today when I banished her and you can see the litter box enclosure on the right.

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and yeah, i've seen Fur Real Friendz look more alive than this cat

has she recently drastically decreased the amount of water she's been drinking?

 

[Pippa]

Hello all.

 

[nopoopwarez]

bleh
so my first csat was returned, and recaught, 3 times.
the practice video loaded, and that was easy...

Yeah this is the first time this has happened. They normally are great hits.

 

[Pleco]

Hello all.

Hey Pips, how's your day been?

 

[K'Lee]

Requesters can't tell if you return their HIT unless they build something into their HIT to show that. If you're just using MTurk default as it's set up, you can't see who has returned a HIT, only submitted.

Good to know. I was way off on my thinking.

 

[Pippa]

Hey Pips, how's your day been?

It's been okay. Nothing exciting. How's yours been?

 

[Pippa]

Fishermen?

Title: Survey for fishing enthusiasts | PANDA Requester: Tim Petrella [A1UVAC9A0JGQWX] (Contact) (TO): [Pay: 4.67] [Fair: 4.33] [Comm: 4.00] [Fast: 5.00] Description: You will be asked to shop for a fishing rod, pick one, and explain why, and how easy it was to pick. Time: 35 minutes HITs Available: 1 Reward: $1.00 Qualifications: HIT approval rate (%) is greater than 95; Location is US;

 

[Elairiah]

Title: Decision-making in social situations | PANDA Requester: Stanford GSB Behavioral Lab [A3OSXTUM1QEXNY] (TO) TO Ratings: 3.77 Communicativity 3.51 Generosity 4.46 Fairness 4.35 Promptness Number of Reviews: 450 (Submit a new TO rating for this requester) Description: 3 minutes for $0.3! Time: 60 minutes Hits Available: 92 Reward: $0.30 Qualifications: HIT approval rate (%) is not less than 95; Location is US

 

[LurkyTurkey]

kind of. it's enclosed and she can get in and out of the litter box from the house through a cat door, but she can't get into the litter box from outside (otherwise the dogs would be able to get into it). Here's a pic I took earlier today when I banished her and you can see the litter box enclosure on the right.

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and yeah, i've seen Fur Real Friendz look more alive than this cat

That type of thing often comes about bc of an illness. Even is she were holding it or avoiding the litter box simply bc of sanitation or preferences or whatever, that warrants a check up to see if it led to an infection. Cat are very sensitive to UTIs and such. Their illnesses are easy to see in hindsight, but it's hard to tell for yourself until you get a diagnosis and learn what your cat does in that situation.

 

[Pleco]

It's been okay. Nothing exciting. How's yours been?

Pretty much the same thing, except now it's

time.

 

[Pippa]

I take it this has been a somewhat slow week for everyone. I could only pick up a hit here and there when I had a little pocket of time so I can't really say.

 

[Pippa]

Pretty much the same thing, except now it's

time.

What's your drink?

 

[Jharkan]

That type of thing often comes about bc of an illness. Even is she were holding it or avoiding the litter box simply bc of sanitation or preferences or whatever, that warrants a check up to see if it led to an infection. Cat are very sensitive to UTIs and such. Their illnesses are easy to see in hindsight, but it's hard to tell for yourself until you get a diagnosis and learn what your cat does in that situation.

yea, the UTI route is what I was expecting

 

[A6_Foul_Out]

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